On 7/25/07, Joe Brouhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to take a crack at this, but the Server Devs can probably > shoot me if I get this wrong... > > On 7/25/07, carlopmart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to migrate my centos 4 servers to ubuntu LTS 8.04 when it > > will be released to build xen robust servers using redhat cluster suite. > > But I find a problem: how can I see which package have 5 years support > > and not 3?? Why ubuntu server doesn't use separate repos like rhel does?? > > > > RHEL is a "paid for" system. Nearly all of their developers and > package maintainers are on payroll, so they're paid to maintain those > repos. > > Ubuntu, on the other hand, is almost entirely comprised of volunteers. > Maintaining multiple repos is time-consuming (Running my own local > repo is time consuming by itself), and a lot of the devs don't have > that much time on hand.
Ubuntu has a lot of paid staff as well, and AFAIK all of the packages in main are supported by paid Canonical developers. > Plus, I don't think it's really fair to compare RHEL to Ubuntu-Server > (no matter the version). RHEL has been around quite some time. I'm > not sure how long Ubuntu's been around. RHEL is produced by a full > company of paid developers, whereas Ubuntu isn't done the same way. > Apples and Oranges to me. > > The easy way to tell 3 years to 5 year support is LTS Support. LTS > support means more than 3 years. Unless it says LTS, you're going to > get 3 years of support and end up upgrading every couple of months. > At least, that's what I think.. The devs can shoot me if I got this > wrong ;) This is incorrect. Regular Ubuntu releases (e.g. Feisty) are supported for eighteen months. LTS releases are supposed to be supported for 3 years for "desktop" applications, and 5 years for "server" applications. I agree with the original poster that it would be nice to know exactly which packages fall under which categories. -- Evan Klitzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server
